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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

weekend cooking - Chola Chawal

Chola Chawal is one of the many other street food sold on the handcart on the roadside in Delhi, priced at a nominal rate of Rs 20 per plate many people can be seen standing and eating on the roadside,i dont know any famous chola chawal stall which i can recommend but i guess for people staying in Delhi they must be having their own favourite stall :-)
,this weekend i thought of preparing the same for lunch ,
recipe is inspired from Nita Mehtas book paired the curry with plain rice ,onion and pickle.

Recipe name Chana MasalaRecipe source Nita Mehta Cookbookpreparation time half hourcooking time half hourPreparationIngredeint for boiling chickpea
overnight soaked and drained Chickpeas 350gm
salt one tsp
soda bi carb one tsp
tea bags two
black cardamom five
cinnamon two piecesprocedure
Presure cook chickpeas with the above ingredient
once done ,drain and reseve the liquid
remove the teabags,
and the keep the chickpeas aside.Ingredient for the curry
onion four chopped finely
tomato three chopped finely
ginger half inch chopped finely
dried red chili four
pomegranate seeds one tbsp powdered
oil to cook
red chili powder one and a half tsp
coriander powder one tsp
garam masala one tbspProcedure
heat oil in non stick wok ,add onions
keep frying till the onions turn brown
add pomegranate seeds and keep stirring
followed by dried red chili,tomato and ginger
add salt and the powdered masala
keep stirring till oil is seen along the sides
add drained chickpea and mix everything together
add the reserved liquid and let it simmer for five minutes
serve warm with rice,onion and lashoda pickle.Linking this post to,.The Weekly Story 57 hosted by Colours Dekor.My Legume Love affair 41 hosted by Briciole event started by Susan of The Well Seasoned Cook.Winter Carnival hosted by Radhika of Tickling Palates.
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I love chola chawal and my Mom made it quite often and served with hot parathas.It does tasty good with rice,but for me - it tasted heavenly with parathas:)Loved the dish and thanks a bunch for the recipe.Will try this out sometime:)